Setup your phone, tablet or email software

To set up a password for the first time, turn on Password, enter your new password in the New password text box, then re-enter it in the Confirm password text box.

If your phone already has a password and you want to change it, tap Change password, then enter your phone’s current password in the Current password text box before entering and confirming your new password.

Tap Done to save your changes

Apple iOS PIN

From your home screen go to:

Settings

General

Passcode Lock

Turn Passcode On

Set Passcode

Android PIN

From your home screen, go to:

Applications

Settings

Location and Security

Set up screen lock

Tap on PIN

Enter a PIN of your choice

Re-enter your PIN

Blackberry PIN

From your home screen go to:

Options

Security

Password

Set Password

Put Kent email on your phone, tablet or laptop

Microsoft Outlook (Windows)

Set up Outlook on the Kent network

Open Microsoft Outlook and the setup process should run automatically. If you are asked for the mail service/ type, choose Microsoft Exchange.

By putting email on your Android device, you agree that we can remote wipe your phone it if it is lost or stolen. If it were wiped, you would lose all data on the device. We need this option to make sure University data isn't compromised

How to set up email:

Go to Email

You'll be asked for either your Kent username or email address, or both

Enter Kent password

Manual setup

Choose Exchange account (not IMAP or POP)

ukc\username

Server: sync.connect.kent.ac.uk

Domain (if asked): ukc

Use SSL (accept all SSL Certificates)

OK to Remote Security Administration warning

Edit the Account Options if you wish

Give your account a name

You need to activate the device administrator:

It makes your email more secure by giving us the ability to remote wipe your device if it's lost or stolen. This would mean losing all data on the device. We need this option to make sure University data isn't compromised.

iOS (iPhone or iPad) email

Settings

Mail, Calendar, Contacts

Add Account

Microsoft Exchange

Enter your Kent email address

Sign in when prompted

Enter your Kent IT Account username and your password

Next

Server is sync.connect.kent.ac.uk

Domain is ukc

Username is ??

Password is ??

Select Contact, Calendar, Email

Next

Done.

Personal and work contacts on your iPhone

Keep your personal and work contacts separate:

Using Microsoft Outlook on your computer, create a new folder called 'phone contacts'

On your iPhone, navigate to your contacts and tap the Groups button

You should now be able to see the 'phone contacts' folder that you created earlier. Tap it.

This will now act as the default contacts folder on your iPhone, and is where you should sync the contacts from your computer.

Blackberry email

Tap Settings >
Accounts >
Advanced (at the bottom of the screen)

Tap
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

Description: Staff and PGR email

Domain: leave blank

Username: type your Kent username, eg abc1

Enter your full Kent email address and password

Server address: sync.connect.kent.ac.uk

Tap
Next

Choose which other features to sync

Tap Done

Windows Phone 10

Go into Settings > Accounts > Email & app accounts

Tap Add an account

Choose Exchange as the account type

Enter your Kent email address

Tap Next

Enter your Kent password

Enter your short form username in the format abc1 and UKC as the domain